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The Second Jubilee In Commemoration Of Handel.
Halle , he was placed under the care of Frederick AVilliam Zachau , organist of the great church in that city . At the age of nine years he composed motets for the service of the church , and continued to make one almost every week for three years . By the time he had arrived at the age of thirteen years , he determined to visit Berlin , ivhere he
arrived in 1698 . He continued there a short time , and then returned home ; soon after ivhich he lost his father . His attachment to his native place being much lessened by this event , he determined on another place of residence . He therefore went to Hamburgh , and performed at the opera there with great reputation . It was here , at the age of fourteen years , he composed his first opera , called Almeira , which was
performed thirty nights without intermission . At Hamburgh he remained three years , and during that time composed two other operas , namely , Florinda and Nerone . He then resolved to visit Italy , and accordingly accepted an invitation he had received from the Grand Duke of Tuscany to go to Florence . After a year ' s stay there , he went to Venice , and from thence to Rome , at each of which places he composeA some operas . From Rome he went to Naples , and then returned to Germany . He soon fixed on Hanover
for his residence , and received particular marks of distinction from the Princess Sophia , and her son the Elector , afterwards George I . In the year 1710 , by permission of his patrons at Hanover , he came to England , and engaged ivith Mr . Aaron Hill , who had the management at that time of the theatre in the Haymarket , where the opera of Rinaldo was performed , a -work composed in a fortnight . It -was
represented with great success , and the person who printed the music is said to have got £ 1500 by it . Though much solicited to stay in England , he this time resisted the temptation , and returned to Hanover , where he remained two years . He then obtained leave to revisit England , upon condition of his returning within a reasonable time . He arrived in London about the
latter end of the year 1712 , at which time the negociations for the treaty of Utrecht were in great forwardness . On the restoration of peace , he composed a Te Deum and Jubilate , which were performed at St . Paul's Cathedral , her majesty herself attending the service . The queen died in 1714 , and the Elector of Hanover came to the crown . Handel had given offence to his new sovereign both by his
remaining in England , and by exerting his talents in celebrating a peace whicli was considered as a disgraceful one by the court of Hanover . To restore him to the king ' s favour , Baron Kilmaiisegge
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Second Jubilee In Commemoration Of Handel.
Halle , he was placed under the care of Frederick AVilliam Zachau , organist of the great church in that city . At the age of nine years he composed motets for the service of the church , and continued to make one almost every week for three years . By the time he had arrived at the age of thirteen years , he determined to visit Berlin , ivhere he
arrived in 1698 . He continued there a short time , and then returned home ; soon after ivhich he lost his father . His attachment to his native place being much lessened by this event , he determined on another place of residence . He therefore went to Hamburgh , and performed at the opera there with great reputation . It was here , at the age of fourteen years , he composed his first opera , called Almeira , which was
performed thirty nights without intermission . At Hamburgh he remained three years , and during that time composed two other operas , namely , Florinda and Nerone . He then resolved to visit Italy , and accordingly accepted an invitation he had received from the Grand Duke of Tuscany to go to Florence . After a year ' s stay there , he went to Venice , and from thence to Rome , at each of which places he composeA some operas . From Rome he went to Naples , and then returned to Germany . He soon fixed on Hanover
for his residence , and received particular marks of distinction from the Princess Sophia , and her son the Elector , afterwards George I . In the year 1710 , by permission of his patrons at Hanover , he came to England , and engaged ivith Mr . Aaron Hill , who had the management at that time of the theatre in the Haymarket , where the opera of Rinaldo was performed , a -work composed in a fortnight . It -was
represented with great success , and the person who printed the music is said to have got £ 1500 by it . Though much solicited to stay in England , he this time resisted the temptation , and returned to Hanover , where he remained two years . He then obtained leave to revisit England , upon condition of his returning within a reasonable time . He arrived in London about the
latter end of the year 1712 , at which time the negociations for the treaty of Utrecht were in great forwardness . On the restoration of peace , he composed a Te Deum and Jubilate , which were performed at St . Paul's Cathedral , her majesty herself attending the service . The queen died in 1714 , and the Elector of Hanover came to the crown . Handel had given offence to his new sovereign both by his
remaining in England , and by exerting his talents in celebrating a peace whicli was considered as a disgraceful one by the court of Hanover . To restore him to the king ' s favour , Baron Kilmaiisegge